Category Archives: Film

The East is Red (and funny too)

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Dutch architecture group MVRDV has won the design competition to build the outrageous new home for Hangzhou, China’s much anticipated comic and animation museum. Composed of eight whimsical giant speech bubbles the museum will be an exciting venue uniting the … Continue reading →

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Driving Jersey (New not Isle)

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

“Driving Jersey represents the most misunderstood and misrepresented place and people in all of America.”   This terrific series of mini-documentaries features profiles and interviews by fimmakers Steve Rogers and Ryan Batt as they travel Jersey’s highways and backroads capturing … Continue reading →

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London by Bus

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

If you’re like me, you love to wander through cities the lazy way : by public transit. It’s always a bit surreal to take-in the city as it swims by a bus or tram. This excellent short film of London … Continue reading →

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Israel by Timelapse

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Eran Amir created this engaging stop-motion within stop-motion video with the help of 500 close friends. The film travels around Israel in 100 seconds.

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The City Limits

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Dominic Boudeault shot this wonderful timelapse montage titled Timelapse—The City Limits from late 2010 through early 2011 in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Chicago and New York City.

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Franz Kafka’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” ?

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Mash-up Franz Kafka’s groundbreaking novella The Metamorphosis with Frank Capra’s syrupy classic film It’s a Wonderful Life and you get this marvelously absurd short film. Directed by Peter Capaldi and starring Richard E. Grant, the film won tons of awards … Continue reading →

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LA Light

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to Colin Rich for this hauntingly beautiful multi-viewpoint, time lapse film of Los Angeles by night.

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The Hobbit: Behind the Scenes

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Restless Tolkien fans are anxiously awaiting the completion of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit, but until Christmas 2012 they’ll have to be content with sneak peaks at the production. This week, Jackson released a series of great group photos from the film … Continue reading →

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The Hobbit (in under 2 minutes)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

If you never read the Hobbit and you’re just too busy (or too lazy) to read it before Peter Jackson’s film version is released, why not check out The Brothers Grim and Grimy’s Hobbit Under 2 Minutes . Writer Declan … Continue reading →

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One Day On Earth

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Created on 10/10/10 by documentarians, students, video volunteers and just plain folks, One Day On Earth offers a unique glimpse of humanity through a recording of a 24 hour period in every country on the planet.

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